Craig Shakespeare has revealed he left it to his players to decide who would be the penalty taker.

Riyad Mahrez had been City’s regular spot kick taker but Jamie Vardy has now taken over the role and converted the penalty which pulled City back into the game against Chelsea at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

Shakespeare said he was happy to let the players decide who would take on the responsibility.

“He was down to take the penalty,” Shakespeare said.

“I didn’t have anything to do with that. The players made the decision and I was happy to go along with it.”

The statistics would suggest that Vardy is the more effective at spot kicks.

Mahrez has taken 14 penalties for City and Algeria but has missed five of them.

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Vardy has taken seven for City and converted six, with his only miss coming against Everton at the King Power Stadium on the final day of the Premier League title-winning season.

Vardy’s penalty wasn’t enough to prevent City from succumbing to their third defeat in their first four games this season, but he is confident the points will come.

City have lost at Arsenal and Manchester United before the defeat to the reigning champions Chelsea in what has been a particularly difficult start to the season, but Vardy said the performances have been good and the results would follow if they maintained their belief.